Penetration Testing Team Lead

About Delinea:
Delinea is a pioneer in securing human and machine identities through intelligent, centralized authorization, empowering organizations to seamlessly govern their interactions across the modern enterprise. Leveraging AI-powered intelligence, Delinea’s leading cloud-native Identity Security Platform applies context throughout the entire identity lifecycle – across cloud and traditional infrastructure, data, SaaS applications, and AI. It is the only platform that enables you to discover all identities – including workforce, IT administrator, developers, and machines – assign appropriate access levels, detect irregularities, and respond to threats in real-time. With deployment in weeks, not months, 90% fewer resources to manage than the nearest competitor, and a 99.995% uptime, Delinea delivers robust security and operational efficiency without compromise. Learn more about Delinea on Delinea.com, LinkedIn, X, and YouTube.

Join our passionate, global team at Delinea and help us make the world a safer and more secure place. Our success is driven by world-class product leadership, outstanding engineers, and strategic investment from TPG. We value diversity, innovation, and a culture of respect and fairness. If you're ready to push boundaries and challenge the status quo in security, we want to hear from you.
 

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Summary:

Delinea’s Cybersecurity organization is seeking an experienced Penetration Testing Team Lead to mature Delinea’s in-house penetration testing program and lead its operation. The ideal candidate will be highly collaborative, working alongside Product Development, DevOps, IT, and SecOps teams to shape the future of Penetration Testing at Delinea and continually test the security of our products and the enterprise. The Penetration Testing Team Lead will embrace the opportunity to work across diverse platforms with a variety of tools and will play a key role as we continually improve our capabilities over time. They’ll work with an established team of talented and dedicated teammates to achieve our security objectives.

This is a challenging and impactful role with the opportunity to work with both internal and external stakeholders. The candidate must be able to balance the right level of security with business objectives, communicate clearly with technical as well as non-technical audiences, and work to creatively solve complex problems.

This role reports to the Sr. Director of Product Security, is based in the US, and is fully remote.

What You'll Do:

· Lead the effort to define and mature Delinea’s Penetration Testing function. Provide technical expertise and shape the procedural and programmatic structure of our Penetration Testing activities.

· Partner closely with the Cybersecurity, Product, and IT teams to develop and implement a program of continuous penetration testing across the application portfolio.

· Lead penetration testing engagements with software teams from beginning to end, including planning, kickoff, testing, documentation, reporting, and follow-up.

· Perform and oversee application penetration testing, security vulnerability scanning, and provide remediation guidance to audiences across the organization.

· Perform root cause analysis of security issues and deliver actionable remediation guidance.

· Create or reproduce and demonstrate POC exploits for findings and externally reported vulnerabilities.

· Act as a subject matter expert on penetration testing methodologies, techniques, and procedures.

· Build relationships across organizational boundaries to ensure that identified weaknesses are remediated and lessons learned are captured.

· Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, translating technical findings into actionable insights and recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences.

What You'll Bring:

· Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related technical field

· Minimum 8+ years of, demonstrated, hands-on, experience with internal and external web application, API, and network penetration testing to include writing and reviewing formal penetration test reports, documenting the test details and vulnerabilities, identifying risks, and noting strengths discovered.

· Understanding of penetration testing methodology and frameworks (MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP, PTES).

· Understanding of the (S)SDLC (Secure) Software Development Lifecycle

· Skill in illustrating and explaining security vulnerabilities, including proof of concept demonstrations, to audiences with minimal expertise in security.

· Experience in the areas of vulnerability identification, malware analysis, and current & emerging exploitation techniques.

· Proficiency in source code review, leveraging findings to execute targeted attacks.

· Experience with Azure and AWS cloud-based infrastructure.

We'd Love to See:

· One or more of the following certifications: ARTE, eCPPT, eWPT, CARTS, CRTL, CRTO, CRTP, GPEN, GWAPT, OSCP, OSEP, OSWE, Pentest+, PNPT

· Experience working with high security environments subject to regulations such as FedRAMP or ITAR.

· Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.

· Experience assisting in CAPEC markups for threat models.

· Experience testing Kubernetes and containers

Why work at Delinea?

• We're passionate problem-solvers helping the world's largest organizations protect what matters most: their human and machine identities.

• We invest in people who are smart, self-motivated, and collaborative.

• What we offer in return is meaningful work, a culture of innovation and great career progression.

At Delinea, our core values are STRONG and guide our behaviors and success:

• Spirited - We bring energy and passion to everything we do

• Trust - We act with integrity and deliver on our commitments

• Respect - We listen, value different perspectives, and work as one team

• Ownership - We take initiative and follow through

• Nimble - We adapt quickly in a fast-changing environment

• Global - We embrace diverse people and ideas to drive better outcomes

We believe weaving these core values into our day-to-day actions, and our process for hiring, evaluating, and promoting employees, helps us cultivate a work environment that embraces collaboration and camaraderie.

We take care of our employees. We offer competitive salaries, a meaningful bonus program, and excellent benefits, including healthcare insurance, as well as pension/retirement matching, comprehensive life insurance, an employee assistance program, time off plans, and paid company holidays.

Delinea is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type with regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Upon conditional offer of employment, candidates are required to complete comprehensive criminal background check, verification of education, and verification of employment, per employment policy. In addition, all publicly posted social media sites may be reviewed.